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Genesis
36:1-43.
POSTERITY OF ESAU.
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Verse 1. these are the
generations --history of the leading men and events
(compare Genesis
2:4).
Esau who is
Edom--A name applied to him in reference to the
peculiar color of his skin at birth [Genesis
25:25], rendered more significant by his inordinate
craving for the red pottage [Genesis
25:30], and also by the fierce sanguinary character
of his descendants (compare Eze
25:12; Ob 10).
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Verse 2, 3. Esau took his wives of
the daughters of Canaan --There were three, mentioned
under different names; for it is evident that Bashemath
is the same as Mahalath (Genesis
28:9), since they both stand in the relation of
daughter to Ishmael and sister to Nebajoth; and hence it
may be inferred that Adah is the same as Judith,
Aholibamah as Bathsemath (Genesis
26:34). It was not unusual for women, in that early
age, to have two names, as Sarai was also Iscah [Genesis
11:29]; and this is the more probable in the case of
Esau's wives, who of course would have to take new names
when they went from Canaan to settle in mount
Seir.
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Verse 6, 7. Esau . . .
went into the country from the face of his brother
Jacob --literally, "a country," without any certain
prospect of a settlement. The design of this historical
sketch of Esau and his family is to show how the promise
(Genesis
27:39, 40) was fulfilled. In temporal prosperity he
far exceeds his brother; and it is remarkable that, in
the overruling providence of God, the vast increase of
his worldly substance was the occasion of his leaving
Canaan and thus making way for the return of
Jacob.
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Verse 8. Thus dwelt Esau in mount
Seir --This was divinely assigned as his possession
(Jos
24:4; De 2:5).
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Verse 15-19. dukes --The
Edomites, like the Israelites, were divided into tribes,
which took their names from his sons. The head of each
tribe was called by a term which in our version is
rendered "duke"--not of the high rank and wealth of a
British peer, but like the sheiks or emirs of the modern
East, or the chieftains of highland clans. Fourteen are
mentioned who flourished contemporaneously.
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Verse 20-30. Sons of Seir, the
Horite --native dukes, who were incorporated with
those of the Edomite race.
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Verse 24. This was that Anah that
found the mules in the wilderness --The word "mules"
is, in several ancient versions, rendered "water
springs"; and this discovery of some remarkable fountain
was sufficient, among a wandering or pastoral people, to
entitle him to such a distinguishing notice.
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Verse 31-39. kings of Edom --The
royal power was not built on the ruins of the dukedoms,
but existed at the same time.
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Verse 40-43. Recapitulation of
the dukes according to their residences.
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Bibliography
Information
Jamieson, Robert,
D.D. "Commentary on Genesis 36". "Commentary Critical and
Explanatory
on the Whole Bible".
<http://www.studylight.org/com/jfb/view.cgi?book=ge&chapter=36>.
1871.
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